Living with Kindness: The Buddha’s Teaching on Metta (New Edition eBook)
New edition (2025)
Living with Kindness is a pithy commentary on the Buddha’s teaching of metta in the Karaniya Metta Sutta. In it, Sangharakshita shows us how to cultivate many of the facets of kindness in ordinary, everyday life.
Outlining the nurturing conditions for kindness to grow, Sangharakshita encourages us to follow the path that leads to a warm and expansive heart and beyond, towards being happier and more fulfilled in ourselves, and to empathise with the joys and sufferings of all living beings.
Note: This book is part of the Classic Sangharakshita series. This version of the book is also available in Vol. 15: Pali Canon Teachings and Translations of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works. Vol. 15 also features Living with Awareness as well as Sangharakshita’s translations of the Dhammapada and Karaniya Metta Sutta, along with other works.
In this video, Vidyasakhi says what she loves about Living with Kindness.
In this video, Subhadramati explains why Living with Kindness is a book that can change your life.
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New edition (2025)
Living with Kindness is a pithy commentary on the Buddha’s teaching of metta in the Karaniya Metta Sutta. In it, Sangharakshita shows us how to cultivate many of the facets of kindness in ordinary, everyday life.
Outlining the nurturing conditions for kindness to grow, Sangharakshita encourages us to follow the path that leads to a warm and expansive heart and beyond, towards being happier and more fulfilled in ourselves, and to empathise with the joys and sufferings of all living beings.
Note: This book is part of the Classic Sangharakshita series. This version of the book is also available in Vol. 15: Pali Canon Teachings and Translations of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works. Vol. 15 also features Living with Awareness as well as Sangharakshita’s translations of the Dhammapada and Karaniya Metta Sutta, along with other works.
In this video, Vidyasakhi says what she loves about Living with Kindness.
In this video, Subhadramati explains why Living with Kindness is a book that can change your life.

